urn:taro:tslac.40012Texas Governor Pendleton Murrah:An Inventory of Governor Pendleton Murrah Records at the Texas State
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Texas State ArchivesTexas. Governor (1863-1865 :
Murrah)Governor Pendleton Murrah
records1863-1865Records of Pendleton Murrah's term as
governor of Texas from 1863 to 1865 relate predominantly to Texas and Confederate
military affairs during the Civil War. Records are correspondence, including
letters, petitions, reports, orders, and letterpress books, dating from January 1863
to May 1865.2.25 cubic ft.These materials are written in English.
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Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).

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Biographical Sketch of Pendleton Murrah

Pendleton Murrah served as governor of Texas from November 5, 1863 to June 17, 1865. Murrah
was probably born in Alabama in 1826 or South Carolina in 1827, either
illegitimate or orphaned early. He attended the University of Alabama and
graduated from Brown University in 1848. Murrah moved to Marshall, Texas and
began practicing law there around 1850. In 1857, he was elected to the state
legislature after losing a race in 1855. He announced as a candidate for the
Confederate Congress in 1861 but withdrew due to ill health. He served briefly
as a quartermaster officer in the Fourteenth Texas Infantry in early 1862 but
was forced by poor health to resign his commission. He defeated T.J. Chambers in
the gubernatorial election of 1863. During his administration, military and
financial difficulties pushed the state and the Confederacy into contests over
conscription, frontier defense, and the impressment of cotton, cattle, and
slaves. In addition, Murrah was dying of tuberculosis. In May 1865, as the
occupation of Texas by U.S. forces was imminent, Governor Murrah fled to Mexico,
where he died at Monterrey on August 4, 1865. In Murrah's absence (May to June
1865), Lieutenant Governor Fletcher S. Stockdale was acting governor.

Fletcher Stockdale was born in Kentucky in 1827 and moved to Indianola, Texas in
1846. In 1856 he was a promoter of the Powderhorn, Victoria, and Gonzales
Railroad. He served in the state senate from 1857 to 1861, and was on the
committee which drafted the Ordinance of Secession in 1861. Stockdale was
lieutenant governor from 1863 to 1866 and served as acting governor in 1865
after Governor Pendleton Murrah vacated his office and fled to Mexico as Union
forces advanced to occupy Texas. After the Civil War, Stockdale practiced law
and promoted land in Cuero. He was active in a number of Democratic National
Conventions, and in the Constitutional Convention of 1875. He died in Cuero in
1902.

The office of the governor of the state of Texas was created by the Texas
Constitution of 1845. It superseded the office of the president of the Republic of
Texas upon the annexation of Texas by the United States. The 1845 Constitution
defined the term of office as two years, with no more than four years served in a
six year period. The governor was required to be thirty years old at minimum, a U.S. citizen, and a Texas resident for at least three years (Article V, Section 4).

The 1845 Constitution outlined a number of powers held by the governor of Texas. The
governor acted as the commander-in-chief of the army, navy, and militia of the state
unless they were transferred into service under the federal government (Article V,
Section 6). He could call up a state militia to execute
the laws of the State to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions
(Article VI, Section 4). The governor made recommendations to the legislature and
provided written information on the state of the government (Article V, Section 9).
He could also convene the legislature when necessary and adjourn the legislature in
the case of a disagreement between the House and Senate (Article V, Section 8). The
governor had the power to grant reprieves and pardons in criminal cases except those
of treason or impeachment, and to approve or disapprove bills, orders, resolutions,
or votes from the legislature (Article V, Sections 11, 17 and 18). The governor also
appointed supreme and district court judges and an attorney general with the consent
of two-thirds of the Senate (Article IV, Sections 5 and 12).

The 1845 Constitution created the office of secretary of state, appointed by the
governor and confirmed by the Senate for the governor's term of service. The
secretary of state worked closely with the governor, and was required to keep a fair register of all official acts and proceedings
of the governor (Article V, Section 16). The 1845 Constitution called for
the election of a lieutenant governor at the time of the governor's election with
the same qualifications and term of office, but to be voted for separately by
electors. The lieutenant governor served as president of the Senate and could cast a
deciding vote in ties, as well as take on the governor's powers in his absence or
until a new governor was elected and qualified or the previous governor was able to
resume office (Article V, Section 12). The 1845 Constitution further called for the
biennial election of a state treasurer and comptroller of public accounts by the
legislature, with vacancies to be filled by the governor (Article V, Section 23).
However, a constitutional amendment in 1850 allowed the public election of the state
treasurer and comptroller.

The constitutional language defining the office of the governor changed marginally
with the Texas Constitution of 1861, which was written when Texas seceded from the
United States to join the Confederate States at the onset of the Civil War. The 1861
Constitution replaced mention of the United States with the Confederate States,
removed a requirement for U.S. citizenship for Texas governors, raised the
governor's salary, and set a date for the governor and lieutenant governor to take
office after an election.

(Sources: Texas Constitution of 1845 online at the
Tarlton Law Library; Texas Constitution of 1861 online at the Tarlton
Law Library; S.S. McKay, Constitution of
1845, Handbook of Texas Online, accessed on October 18, 2013;
Walter L. Buenger, Constitution of
1861, Handbook of Texas Online, accessed on October 18,
2013.)

Scope and Contents of the Records

Materials are the records of Pendleton Murrah's term as governor of Texas from 1863
to 1865, relating predominantly to Texas and Confederate military affairs during the
Civil War. There do not appear to be any documents from Fletcher Stockdale's tenure
as acting governor among these records. Types of records are correspondence,
including letters, petitions, reports, orders, circulars, newspaper clippings, and
letterpress books, dating from January 1863 to May 1865. The two letterpress books
contain copies of some of Governor Murrah's outgoing letters from November 1863 to
May 1865. The records include letters relative to coastal and frontier defense,
requests and recommendations for civil and military appointments, letters in
reference to military conscription, communications between Governor Murrah and Major
General J.B. Magruder and General E. Kirby Smith relative to troop movements and the
status of state troops, requests and petitions for exemptions and discharges from
military service, requests for supplies from the Texas Military Board and State
Penitentiary in Huntsville, letters relative to the sale and shipment of cotton,
letters involving relations with Native American tribes, and letters concerning the
railroads. Other significant correspondents include Colonel Guy M. Bryan, Brigadier
General J.W. Throckmorton, Brigadier General J.D. McAdoo, Cotton Agent E.B. Nichols,
Secretary of State R.J. Townes, and Confederate Treasury Agent P.W. Gray.

Certain types of correspondence that appear consistently and frequently throughout
the records have been omitted from the folder level description, including
applications or recommendations for appointments to various official positions,
petitions or requests for exemptions or details from military service, requests to
and appropriations from the Military Board for cloth, cotton, and wool, and reports
on cotton sales and shipments.

In the past, items relating to the State Penitentiary in Huntsville were removed from
the records of governors, secretaries of state, treasurers and comptrollers to
create an artificial collection of records relating to the penitentiary. Items
related to Native American affairs may have also been removed from the records. In
addition, the original order of the records was disrupted when they were sorted by
date. As a result, letters or petitions that were enclosures of other letters may
have been separated from their original context. One oversized item transferred from
folder 68 has not been located as of the update of this finding aid in October
2013.

Arrangement of the Records

Arrangement is chronological within each month; letters having no specific day date
have been placed at the end of the month. Undated letters are located at the end of
the correspondence, followed by the letterpress books.

Index Terms

The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The
terms can be used to find similar or related records.

[Records include a requisition by the Ordnance
Department for 5000 yards of coarse domestic to be made into
knapsacks and a bill for blacksmith work.]

2014/022-12. Correspondence, February 1863

[Records include letters regarding the sale of
bonds for the purchase of cotton.]

2014/022-13. Correspondence, March 1863

[Records include a letter regarding the enforcement
of a treaty made with the Comanches.]

2014/022-14. Correspondence, April 1863

[Records include a letter regarding the appointment
and resignation of notaries public.]

2014/022-15. Correspondence, September 1863

[Records include a letter from a railroad
representative denying a request to store tithe tax in their depots
and making a recommendation for an agent in Brazoria
County.]

2014/022-16. Correspondence, October 1863

[Records include a letter from A.J. Harrison
requesting to remain agent of the Alabama tribe in Polk
County.]

2014/022-17. Correspondence, November 1-8, 1863

[Records include a letter from Major E.W. Cane,
chief of the Clothing Bureau, referencing the provision of cloth
from the State Penitentiary in Huntsville; a letter from Major
General J.B. Magruder on fears of attacks on eastern Texas and the
coast, the retention of the State Troops, and manufacture of arms
and munitions; a typescript copy of Governor Murrah's inaugural
address delivered November 5, 1863 in Austin; and a letter regarding
the reappointment of Dr. J.M. Steiner as principal of the State
Lunatic Asylum.]

2014/022-18. Correspondence, November 9-12, 1863

[Records include letters from Major General
Magruder on retaining the State Troops, transferring the State
Troops to the Confederate service, and addressing the poor condition
of roads and bridges in the state; a letter from Columbus on behalf
of the Colorado Female Aid Society requesting cloth from the State
Penitentiary for soldiers' families; a letter from Governor Murrah
to Major General Magruder; and a letter from the Senate confirming
the appointment of Secretary of State R.J. Townes.]

2014/022-19. Correspondence, November 13-20, 1863

[Records include a letter from Major General
Magruder on the movement of Union troops; a message of Governor
Murrah to the Senate and House of Representatives; a letter of
resignation of Colonel J.Y. Dashiell from the offices of adjutant
and inspector general; a letter from the county court of Bosque
County regarding a member of the Frontier Regiment selling food at
inflated prices and paying friends to perform unnecessary labor; and
a letter from Seguin urging the Governor to declare a day of
prayer.]

2014/022-110. Correspondence, November 22-30, 1863

[Records include letters regarding Major General
Magruder's arrest of D.J. Baldwin, R.R. Peebles, O.F. Linke, and
others on charges of treason against the Confederacy; a letter from
Major General Magruder requesting that the Frontier Regiment be
transferred to the Confederate service; a letter from Louisa
Hillebrand asking that her husband, Reinhard Hillebrand, be turned
over to civil authorities and given a trial after being arrested and
held by Major General Magruder; a circular from Major W.H. Haynes of
the Clothing Bureau restricting use of cloth from the State
Penitentiary; a letter from G. Holland regarding a state agent sent
to Europe to purchase arms and munitions; and a letter from Major
Haynes regarding the provision of cloth from the State
Penitentiary.]

2014/022-111. Correspondence, December 1-6, 1863

[Records include a letter from Major General
Magruder regarding a possible attack on Matagorda Bay and the need
to retain current troops and draft more men; a letter regarding
legislation for calling up a militia as a home guard; a report from
Louis A. Bryant, surgeon in charge at the Texas General Hospital;
and letters from Major General Magruder discussing destroying the
railroad from Lavaca to Victoria.]

2014/022-112. Correspondence, December 8-14, 1863

[Records include a letter from Major General
Magruder regarding the destruction of the railroad from Lavaca to
Victoria and the transportation of the engine to Columbus and a
letter from Sam Randall in Huntsville asking to be appointed to the
State Penitentiary Board of Directors.]

2014/022-113. Correspondence, December 15-17, 1863

[Records include correspondence regarding the
destruction of the railroad, including a letter from J.O. Wheeler,
superintendent of the San Antonio Railroad in Victoria, asking that
just the iron and ties of the railroad tracks be
destroyed.]

2014/022-114. Correspondence, December 18-21, 1863

[Records include a letter from Major General
Magruder urging the conscription of militia under new legislation; a
letter from the President of the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf
Railroad asking Governor Murrah to intervene in the railroad's
destruction; a letter from Major General Magruder regarding the
Frontier Regiment; a letter from Louisa Hillebrand regarding her
husband's continued imprisonment; and letters from Magruder in
reference to the destruction of property on the east coast of Texas,
a conspiracy in East Texas to release Federal prisoners in Tyler to
join with deserters and the Federal Army in North Texas, and the
requisition of pistols.]

2014/022-115. Correspondence, December 24-26, 1863

[Records include a letter to the Military Board
regarding the exchange of cotton for rope and a letter from Erath
County asking that agricultural products that the troops cannot use
be sold.]

2014/022-116. Correspondence, December 27-29, 1863

[Records include a report from enrolling officer of
Atascosa County W.W. Whitby describing resistance to the draft; a
letter from Brigadier General W.J. Kyle regarding exemption of
railroad employees from the draft; and a letter from Major General
Magruder inquiring after the disposition of the Frontier
Regiment.]

2014/022-117. Correspondence, December 30-31, 1863

[Records include a letter from Major H.W. Cooke on
eligibility of State Troops to join the new Frontier Organization
when their service term expires and a letter from Major General
Magruder referring to an incident in Huntsville and the appointment
of Colonels Ford and Sulakowski as Brigadier Generals.]

2014/022-118. Correspondence, January 1-3, 1864

[Records include a letter regarding the
conscription of the State Troops.]

2014/022-119. Correspondence, January 4-5, 1864

[Records include a letter from a friend of the
governor, R.H. Ward, reflecting on Murrah's administration and the
progress of the war, and applying to the position of Brigadier
General; a letter from John S. Griffith regarding lawlessness and
murders in Kaufman County, and applying to the position of Brigadier
General; a letter to Major General Magruder from John Sayles
regarding the Militia Law passed in the legislature; and a letter
from R.R. Haynes discussing Murrah's administration and reputation,
attitudes toward the war, and the impressment of slaves.]

2014/022-120. Correspondence, January 6-7, 1864

[Records include a letter to Major General Magruder
regarding conflicts between a circular and General Order
138.]

2014/022-121. Correspondence, January 8-11, 1864

[Records include letters from Major General
Magruder acknowledging receipt of a letter from Governor Murrah, and
denying a request for an exemption from service; a letter to Major
General Magruder from Brigadier General W.R. Boggs regarding the
enrollment of the State Troops and the effect of recent legislation
on furloughs and the end of service terms; and a letter regarding
obtaining a passport to Mexico for a recruiting officer.]

2014/022-122. Correspondence, January 12, 1864

[Records include a letter to from Governor Murrah
to Major General Magruder regarding the distinction between the
State Troops and Confederate troops.]

2014/022-123. Correspondence, January 13-15, 1864

[Records include a letter from Major General
Magruder regarding the impressment of slaves into military service;
a request for cloth from the penitentiary by a printing
establishment employed by the state; and a letter to the Military
Board regarding the manufacture of pistols.]

2014/022-124. Correspondence, January 16-17, 1864

[Records include a letter regarding political
prisoners held in San Antonio; a letter from a treasury agent
regarding the sale of cotton; a typescript copy of an address by the
governor to the people of Texas; a letter from Gillespie County
detailing the hardships imposed on the area by the enforcement of
the draft; letters from Major General Magruder regarding the
designation of a day for organizing the State Troops and militia;
and a letter from Governor Murrah to Major General Magruder
regarding impressment of slaves.]

2014/022-125. Correspondence, January 18, 1864

[Records include a letter from General E. Kirby
Smith regarding the transfer of the Frontier Regiment to the
Confederate service; a letter from the railroad in Victoria
regarding Major General Magruder's plans to remove locomotives and
rolling stock to Columbus; and a letter from Major Haynes, chief of
the clothing bureau, regarding cloth and shoes needed to supply the
troops.]

2014/022-126. Correspondence, January 19-21, 1864

[Records include a letter from John Sayles
regarding actions by the State Troops upon the State Penitentiary; a
letter to the Military Board regarding the procurement of gunpowder;
a letter from Company E at Camp McCord regarding the disposition of
the mounted regiment; a letter from Major General Magruder regarding
the exemption of express line agents and riders from militia
service; and a letter from A.J. Woods, lieutenant of a company in
Tarrant County, requesting that the company be returned to serve on
the frontier.]

2014/022-127. Correspondence, January 22-24, 1864

[Records include a letter requesting clarification
on the newly passed law providing for the furloughing of the State
Troops; a letter from Brigadier General J.W. Throckmorton on the
enrollment of militia; and a letter from the Texas Powder Company in
San Antonio regarding the exchange of gunpowder for
cotton.]

2014/022-128. Correspondence, January 25-26, 1864

[Records include a letter from Major General
Magruder on orders from General Smith to enroll the State Troops
into Confederate service and a letter from Brigadier General J.D.
McAdoo regarding Major General Magruder's order to enroll the State
Troops.]

2014/022-129. Correspondence, January 27-29, 1864

[Records include a letter from Major General
Magruder requesting that Governor Murrah join him in Houston to
receive General Smith.]

2014/022-130. Correspondence, January 30-31, 1864

[Records include an enrollment notice for Comal
County and a detailed report from Commissioner N.G. Shelley on Texas
state claims for frontier defense against the Confederate
States.]

2014/022-131. Correspondence, February 1-4, 1864

[Records include a letter from Colonel J.M. Norris
on the attitudes among the troops regarding their conscription into
Confederate service; a circular from the Office of the Cotton Bureau
regarding the regulation of cotton in Texas; a report from Eubanks
and Co. on the manufacturing of cotton cards; a letter from Major
General Magruder regarding calling up the Frontier Organization and
the disposition of the Frontier Regiment; and a letter from Captain
Moses Barnes regarding confusion among the troops about
reorganization and conscription.]

2014/022-132. Correspondence, February 5-9, 1864

[Records include letters from Major General
Magruder inquiring whether the State Troops will be turned over to
Confederate service in companies or regiments, and requesting that
no petitions for detail from the State Troops in staff departments
be granted.]

2014/022-133. Correspondence, February 10-12, 1864

[Records include a letter from Dallas requesting
permit for the export of cotton to Europe in order to exchange it
for carding, spinning, and weaving machinery.]

2014/022-134. Correspondence, February 13-15, 1864

[Records include a certificate for the purchase of
a horse by the Confederate States.]

2014/022-135. Correspondence, February 16-17, 1864

[Records include a letter referencing the
construction of a cotton and wool factory in Robertson County; a
letter from Harden County asking that the destitute families of the
county be furnished with bread; a copy of a letter from Major
General Magruder to Brigadier General Boggs regarding conscription
of the State Troops; and a letter in reference to a foundry for
casting cannons.]

2014/022-136. Correspondence, February 18-20, 1864

[Records include a letter from the chief justice of
Brazoria County on the drafting of county commissioners into state
service; an application by Louisiana Governor Henry W. Allen for the
transfer of a soldier from the Texas State Troops to the Louisiana
State Troops; a letter regarding plans for the state to purchase
cotton with bonds; and a letter regarding a circular put out by
General Smith on the Confederate purchase of cotton with Confederate
money.]

2014/022-237. Correspondence, February 22-24, 1864

[Records include a letter from General Smith
regarding the theft of lead from of a Confederate wagon train in
Bell County; a letter from a farmer in Dallas County describing the
impressment of crops by the Confederate army; and a petition from
Williamson County in reference to the impressment of a
horse.]

2014/022-238. Correspondence, February 25-29, 1864

[Records include a letter from Matagorda Country
regarding the impressment of slaves; a letter regarding the use of
the State Penitentiary for criminals against the Confederacy
convicted by court-martial; a letter from Captain Cates requesting
the loan of six pistols; a letter from Shreveport, Louisiana
regarding Confederate impressment of lands for use by the Texas Iron
Works; and a letter regarding freedmen Union soldiers held in
Tyler.]

2014/022-239. Correspondence, March 1-2, 1864

[Records include an application from Captain Lacour
of Liberty County for ammunition and cloth for his troops; a letter
discussing legal details of discharge from military service due to
disability; a report from Eubanks and Co. on the manufacturing of
cotton cards; and a letter from General Smith regarding conflict
between the State of Texas and the Confederacy over the state
purchase of cotton.]

2014/022-240. Correspondence, March 3-5, 1864

[Records include a letter from Major S. Madin
regarding the drafting of purchasing commissaries for the
Confederate Subsistence Bureau; a letter from Brigadier General
James W. Barnes reporting on the troops; and a letter from W.J.
Hutchins of the Cotton Office in Houston regarding the state
purchase of cotton.]

2014/022-241. Correspondence, March 6-8, 1864

[Records include letters from Major General
Magruder and Brigadier General McAdoo regarding the reorganization
of the State Troops; a letter from Major Quayle in reference to
organizing a force to be kept on duty in the northwestern part of
the state; letters from Brigadier General E. Greer on military
details and exemptions from conscription for government officials;
and a letter from Bell County regarding the theft of lead from a
Confederate wagon train.]

2014/022-242. Correspondence, March 9-10, 1864

[Records include a letter from A.R. Roessler at the
State Foundry in Austin regarding misappropriation of foundry
products; a letter from the State Chemical Laboratory in reference
to the manufacture of carbonate of ammonia and related products; and
a letter from Shelby County complaining of Military Board policies
for the distribution of cotton cards and cloth.]

2014/022-243. Correspondence, March 11, 1864

[Records include typescript copies of acts of the
Louisiana General Assembly passed at the 1864 Legislative Session
and a letter from Major General Magruder regarding Brigadier General
McAdoo's assumption of command over certain the State
Troops.]

2014/022-244. Correspondence, March 12, 1864

[Records include a letter from A.C. Caldwell
regarding lead found in the Colorado River and a letter requesting
to export cotton in order to finance the building of a cloth factory
in New Braunfels.]

2014/022-245. Correspondence, March 13-14, 1864

[Records include a letter from Hays County
proposing the export of cotton in order to obtain carding and
spinning machines and letters from Major General Magruder urging the
organization of the State Troops and their transfer to Confederate
service to defend the coast.]

2014/022-246. Correspondence, March 15-16, 1864

[Records include a letter regarding the sale of
cotton for the purchase of a reaping and thrashing machine and steam
engine from Mexico.]

2014/022-247. Correspondence, March 17-18, 1864

[Records include a request from a physician in
Washington County for a permit to export cotton to Mexico in order
to buy medicines; a letter from Governor Murrah authorizing the
exploration of the Colorado River and its tributaries for lead; a
letter from an agent at the State Loan Agency regarding the interest
associated with state bonds; a letter from Brenham requesting a
detail of the State Troops to deliver a shipment of cotton sold to
the state; a letter to the Military Board regarding a mission to
examine a knitting machine in Matagorda County and a spinning jenny
in Houston; and a request for a permit to remove cattle to the
Concho River in order to avoid a drought in Denton
County.]

2014/022-248. Correspondence, March 19, 1864

[Records include a request from a physician in
Washington County for a permit to export cotton to Mexico in order
to buy medicine and a letter from the city of Houston on the
legality and consequences of exchanging state bonds for
cotton.]

2014/022-249. Correspondence, March 20, 1864

[Records include a letter from Brigadier General
H.C. McCulloch in Bonham on conditions in his district and a letter
from Major G.B. Erath in Waco on exemption from the Confederate
service for men in frontier counties.]

2014/022-250. Correspondence, March 21-22, 1864

[Records include a letter from Clarksville
requesting a permit to sell cotton in order to buy
medicine.]

2014/022-251. Correspondence, March 23, 1864

[Records include a letter from Columbus in
reference to theft from civilian businesses by soldiers; a letter
from Major James M. Hunter regarding the robbery and murder of
officers in Fredericksburg; and letters from Major General Magruder
regarding the conscription of the State Troops into Confederate
service under the Conscript Acts of Congress.]

2014/022-252. Correspondence, March 24-25, 1864

[Records include a report from Washington County on
the condition of the Brazos Manufacturing Company and letters from
T.C. Collins, sheriff of Travis County, regarding a Supreme Court
writ for the recovery of prisoners.]

2014/022-253. Correspondence, March 26-27, 1864

[Records include a letter from the Dallas
Manufacturing Company requesting a permit to export cotton and a
loan to purchase machinery in order to manufacture cloth; a request
from Judge A.S. Walker for an escort of the State Troops when he
performs his circuit; the opinion of Judge Townes on the Stribbling
case; and an application from a machinist in Houston to start a
foundry near Austin to repair thrashing machines and produce brass
buttons.]

2014/022-254. Correspondence, March 28-29, 1864

[Records include a letter from Brigadier General
Throckmorton in Bonham in reference to the conscription of frontier
troops, the arrest of William Clarke Quantrill, and depredations by
deserters and criminals in the area; letters in reference to the
Executive Department's receipt of lead from Bell County; and a
letter from Major General Magruder regarding the program of
exchanging state bonds for cotton and its effect on supplying the
Confederate Army.]

2014/022-255. Correspondence, March 30-31, 1864

[Records include a bill of sale for the purchase of
soap by the Confederate States; a request from agent in Chappell
Hill for the detail of the State Troops to haul cotton to the Rio
Grande; a letter from Major General Magruder warning of a possible
raid on Marshall and reporting on the conditions in northern Texas;
a letter from General Smith reporting on Union troops gathering
along the Red River Valley and the threat of invasion in North
Texas, and requesting the calling of furloughed State Troops into
service; and a report from Major Hunter on the investigation of the
murder of Captain Schultz and other murders in the 3rd Frontier
District.]

2014/022-256. Correspondence, April 1-2, 1864

[Records include a letter to the Texas State
Penitentiary regarding increasing its manufacturing capacity; a
report on undecided Supreme Court cases from Judge James H. Bell; a
letter from Brigadier General Barnes on a discussion with Major
General Magruder concerning the conscription of troops; a letter
from the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury discussing the
auditing of claims of the State of Texas upon the Confederate
States; a letter from Major General Magruder reporting on the
organization of the State Troops and the possible advance of the
Union Army through Shreveport and the east coast of Texas; and a
request from Karnes County for a permit to sell cotton in order to
purchase machinery for a steam mill.]

2014/022-257. Correspondence, April 3-4, 1864

[Records include an inquiry from the Burleson
County treasurer as to whether civil officers are exempt from
service and a letter from Major General Magruder regarding cotton
shipments passing the Rio Grande.]

2014/022-258. Correspondence, April 5-7, 1864

[Records include a letter regarding the Peebles
case in the Supreme Court and a letter from Brigadier General Barnes
discussing detailed men.]

2014/022-259. Correspondence, April 8-11, 1864

[Records include a letter from Major General
Magruder regarding the organization of the State Troops; a letter
from Austin requesting permission to sell cattle in Mexico in order
to purchase three wool carding machines; a letter from Huntsville on
the interpretation of a December 1863 Act of Legislature providing
for the defense of the state; a letter from Brigadier General McAdoo
on the organization of two regiments in his brigade; a letter from
Collin County requesting a passport in order to buy medicines in
Mexico; and a letter regarding the impressment of
slaves.]

2014/022-260. Correspondence, April 12-14, 1864

[Records include a letter from Brigadier General
Greer regarding the exemption of state officers from service; a
letter from Mountain City reporting horse thieves; a letter from
Brigadier General Greer regarding the organization of the State
Troops; and a letter from Major General Magruder on granting a leave
to an officer appointed by the governor to a civil
position.]

2014/022-261. Correspondence, April 15-17, 1864

[Records include a letter from Brigadier General
McAdoo on the disposition of the troops in his district; a letter
from the chief justice of Bell County regarding the purchase of
bacon to feed destitute families; and a letter from Bell County
regarding conscription of individuals needed to tend
stock.]

2014/022-262. Correspondence, April 18-22, 1864

[Records include a letter from Major B. Bloomfield
in Houston discussing Major General Magruder's intentions to fortify
the State Penitentiary against raids and the use of the penitentiary
for Union soldiers; a letter from Colonel George Madison presenting
the governor with a flag won in battle in Mansfield, Louisiana; a
letter from Lieutenant and Enrolling Officer W.W. Holland in Burnet
County reporting on conditions on the frontier, including the
hanging of German Texans in Fredericksburg; and special orders from
General Kirby Smith exempting from service agents transporting
cattle owned by the state to Mexico.]

2014/022-263. Correspondence, April 23-25, 1864

[Records include a letter from Colonel John S. Ford
regarding a communication from Pryor Lea and the receipt of Enfield
rifles; a letter from General Smith discussing the governor's
incompliance with the Confederate enrollment of state officers; a
letter from Major General Magruder to General Smith on troop
movements; a letter from General Smith on granting certain details
and protecting state property; and statements from the State
Treasury of Confederate notes on hand, funds, receipts and
disbursements.]

2014/022-364. Correspondence, April 26-30, 1864

[Records include a letter notifying the governor of
a vacancy on the Board of Trustees of the Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum
in Austin; a letter from Major General Magruder on the organization
of a reserve corps, enclosing a letter from General Smith; a letter
from Major General Magruder upon leaving for Arkansas giving orders
for the organization of troops and disposition of arms; a letter
from Denton County inquiring about the conscription of county
officers; a special order by Major General Magruder requiring
residents of Galveston to register with the provost marshal; a
letter from S.B. Hendricks, financial agent of the State
Penitentiary, on establishing a system for the disposition of their
products; and a letter from Brigadier General McAdoo regarding
supplies for the troops and the raising of a reserve
corps.]

2014/022-365. Correspondence, May 1-5, 1864

[Records include a letter from the city of Houston
on the sale of cotton near the railroads; a letter from Gillespie
County on conditions and morale in that area; and a letter from
James H. Bell in Tyler regarding the commission of a special
judge.]

2014/022-366. Correspondence, May 6-10, 1864

[Records include a letter from Fort Bend County on
raising a reserve corps; a letter from Colonel Ford regarding
communications with the governor; a statement of cotton passing
through Eagle Pass and Laredo; and a letter from the state
comptroller regarding taxes collected.]

2014/022-367. Correspondence, May 11-17, 1864

[Records include a letter from the Texas Cotton
Office on obtaining tithe cotton; a letter requesting a home in
Texas for the Tonkawa tribe; a letter from W.J. Hutchins regarding
the effect of the state purchase of cotton on the Confederate Cotton
Bureau; a letter from the chief justice and county commissioners of
Caldwell Country urging the legislature to pass a law providing food
for families; a report by Governor Murrah to the Senate on the state
plan to purchase cotton with bonds; a letter from General Smith on
the use of the State Penitentiary to hold Confederate soldiers
convicted by court-martial; and a report by Governor Murrah to the
Senate on military details.]

2014/022-368. Correspondence, May 18-23, 1864

[Records include reports by various officials on
the state purchase of cotton and arms; a letter regarding measures
taken to address a conspiracy in Weatherford; and a letter from the
chief justice of Atascosa County regarding state funds for families
in the county.]

2014/022-369. Correspondence, May 24-27, 1864

[Records include letters from Vance & Bro.
regarding State cotton seized by the Confederate Cotton Bureau in
Laredo and a letter from Brigadier General Barnes on obtaining a
spinning jenny.]

2014/022-370. Correspondence, May 28-31, 1864

[Records include a letter from Blanco County
warning of a possible attack by renegades; a report by Governor
Murrah to the Senate on the activities of the Military Board; a
proclamation by Governor Murrah of a joint resolution passed in the
legislature on Confederate conscription of state officers; a message
from Governor Murrah to senators and representatives on
appropriations for the State Lunatic Asylum and Deaf and Dumb
Asylum; a letter from Nacogdoches County in reference to dishonest
officials; and a letter regarding appropriations for a hospital fund
for soldiers.]

2014/022-371. Correspondence, June 1-4, 1864

[Records include a year-end report from the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company; a request for a permit to
transport cotton across the Rio Grande in order to purchase
medicines; and a request for cloth from the State Penitentiary from
a regiment stationed in Alexandria, Louisiana.]

2014/022-372. Correspondence, June 5-11, 1864

[Records include a newspaper clipping with a report
of casualties and the movements and actions of the Thirtieth Texas
Cavalry; a letter from H.B. Andrews of Galveston asking for Governor
Murrah's support of an application to President Jefferson Davis for
Major General Magruder's promotion; a newspaper clipping from the
Daily Telegraph commenting on the relationship between the state
government and the Confederate States; general orders from the
headquarters of the Trans-Mississippi Department regarding
courts-martial; and general orders from the Adjutant and Inspector
General's Office regarding the resignation of officers.]

2014/022-373. Correspondence, June 12-20, 1864

[Records include a special order from Major General
Magruder prohibiting the exportation of cotton past the Rio Grande
and a letter from the chief justice of Uvalde County describing the
presence of Native Americans, renegades, deserters, and thieves, and
requesting further protection.]

2014/022-374. Correspondence, June 22-25, 1864

[Records include a letter from Rockwall County
requesting a permit to ship cotton at Eagle Pass in order to
purchase machinery for spinning cotton and wool; a typescript
address from the governor regarding the reporting of slave desertion
from the Department of Labor; a letter from the Trans-Mississippi
Department regarding the special order to halt transportation of
cotton beyond the Rio Grande; a letter from Kendall County
requesting that a court be called; and general orders from Brigadier
General J.M. Hawes in Galveston in reference to the release of a
slave boy to his owner.]

2014/022-375. Correspondence, June 27-30, 1864

[Records include a letter from Cotton Agent J.B.
Root on the sale and purchase of cotton; a letter from Confederate
Treasury Agent P.W. Gray on the state purchase of cotton; and a
letter from Mason County denying its citizens' involvement in the
killings in Fredericksburg.]

2014/022-376. Correspondence, July 1-5, 1864

[Records include a letter requesting that iron
belonging to the state in Davis County be sold to the Confederate
government; a report from Louis A. Bryant, surgeon in charge of the
Texas Hospital; and letters from General Smith on the exportation of
cotton under the laws of the Confederate States.]

2014/022-377. Correspondence, July 8-11, 1864

[Records include a letter from the chief justice of
Wharton County on payments from closed estates to the State
Treasurer; a letter from Santa Rosa in reference to the Kickapoo
tribe; letters from General Smith on the detention of state cotton
at the Rio Grande; and a letter from Marshall requesting cloth from
the State Penitentiary for soldiers' clothing.]

2014/022-378. Correspondence, July 13-15, 1864

[Records include an order from General Smith
regarding state cotton passing through San Antonio; and statements
from agents of the state regarding State Plan cotton.]

2014/022-379. Correspondence, July 16-24, 1864

[Records include a request from Hillsboro for a
passport to Mexico; a request that an iron cage in Davis County be
sold to the Field Transportation Department; a letter regarding the
purchase of bacon in Bastrop County; a letter requesting permission
to sell cotton in order to buy medicine; and a letter from the
president of Waco University, Rufus Burleson, on raising a company
of cadets to study there.]

2014/022-380. Correspondence, July 25-31, 1864

[Records include a report from Fredericksburg on
conditions in that district and the appointment of Brigadier General
McAdoo; a letter from an agent of the Dallas Manufacturing Company
regarding the sale of cotton under Confederate regulations; and a
letter regarding the funding of the Texas Hospital at
Auburn.]

2014/022-381. Correspondence, August 1-6, 1864

[Records include a typescript copy of Confederate
regulations regarding foreign commerce; a letter referencing
Confederate prisoners to be held in the State Penitentiary; and a
letter from Nueces County regarding the imprisonment and forced
conscription of a British citizen.]

2014/022-382. Correspondence, August 8-15, 1864

[Records include a request from Louisiana Governor
Allen for prisoners to be transferred to the State Penitentiary; a
letter from H.B. Andrews in Galveston to Major General Magruder
regarding the actions of Governor Murrah; and a letter from General
Smith regarding the supply of cotton.]

2014/022-383. Correspondence, August 16-20, 1864

[Records include a letter from District Judge J.W.
Ferris in Waxahachie regarding treasonous conspiracies in Parker
County and an appeal for a writ of habeas corpus and from Lieutenant
Colonel George W. Guess, a Texas soldier in Alexandria,
Louisiana.]

2014/022-384. Correspondence, August 21-27, 1864

[Records include a letter from General Smith
regarding regulations on the export of cotton and a letter from
lawyer George Goldthwaite on being barred from speaking to his
client by Major Thomas at Camp Greer.]

2014/022-385. Correspondence, August 29-31, 1864

[Records include a letter from lawyer George
Goldthwaite regarding the legal rights of a detained soldier;
letters from F.J. Cooke in Hempstead regarding the sale of cotton
under the State Plan; and a report from Fort Bend County in
reference to the opinion of planters on the Confederate impressment
of cotton.]

2014/022-386. Correspondence, September 1-6, 1864

[Records include a letter from Mount Pleasant on
the price of corn, beef, and cotton and a letter from Tyler on
supplying the public with cotton and cotton cards.]

2014/022-387. Correspondence, September 7-13, 1864

[Records include a letter regarding the right to
use the salt lakes of Corpus Christi; a letter from Brigadier
General Barnes discussing public perceptions of the Governor; a
letter from the justice of the peace in Van Zandt County on the
issuing of commissions to county officers; and a letter in reference
to a claim against the Confederate States for clothing and
hauling.]

2014/022-388. Correspondence, September 14-23, 1864

[Records include a letter from Confederate Treasury
Agent Gray on the funding of treasury notes; a letter to the
Military Board requesting printing paper; a letter regarding the
detention of impressed slaves detained by the sheriff of Harris
County as runaways; a letter from Cotton Agent E. B. Nichols
discussing State Plan cotton; a typescript copy of General Orders
Number 73 issued September 22, 1864; a typescript prospectus on the
creation of a newspaper in Austin by Pryor Lea; and a letter from a
physician in Dallas requesting a permit to sell flour in order to
purchase medicines.]

2014/022-389. Correspondence, September 24-30, 1864

[Records include a letter from Cotton Agent T.C.
Armstrong on the details of state purchase of cotton; a request in
reference to the appointment of a state agent for the salt lake
known as El Sal del Rey; a letter from Montgomery County on the
condition of the soldiers' families; a letter from Major General
John Walker, replacing Major General Magruder; a letter from State
Comptroller C.R. Johns on the payment of support to soldiers'
families; and a letter from Confederate Treasury Agent Gray on a new
act regulating foreign commerce, particularly of cotton.]

2014/022-390. Correspondence, October 1-5, 1864

[Records include letters from State Penitentiary
Agent Hendricks regarding the indebtedness of the Clothing Bureau,
the reception of military criminals into the penitentiary, and the
production of clothing; and letters regarding the purchase of cotton
passing across the Brazos and Rio Grande Rivers.]

2014/022-391. Correspondence, October 6-9, 1864

[Records include a letter from Major General S.B.
Maxey enclosing typescript copies of General Orders Number 61 from
October 7th, 1864 and a joint resolution from September 22,
1864.]

2014/022-392. Correspondence, October 10-23, 1864

[Records include a letter from Brigadier General
James E. Slaughter on unlawful exportation of beef from Presidio del
Norte by Major Hunter; a letter from Major General Maxey on the
disposition of captured slaves; a letter from Major C.S. West in the
Trans-Mississippi Department on frontier protection and the
Confederate Enrollment Acts; a copy of a judgment from the Walker
County district court on the punishment of military offenses; a
letter from Lieutenant Colonel Giddings in reference to Colonel
Ford; letters on the condition of slaves in military service
imprisoned in Houston; and a request from the House of
Representatives for a detailed report on State Plan
cotton.]

2014/022-393. Correspondence, October 24-31, 1864

[Records include letters from Major General Walker
on the detention of military prisoners in the State Penitentiary and
the arrest of slaves under government employ; a copy of the
proceedings of a meeting of Confederate governors in Augusta,
Georgia; a resolution requesting information from the governor on
the granting of permits for cotton export; a letter from Rio Grande
City discussing the governor's response to General Smith's demands
in the matter of State Plan cotton; a letter from Hackly on the plan
to expand the Militia Law; and a resolution from the House
requesting a list of property left by the Frontier
Regiment.]

2014/022-494. Correspondence, November 1-11, 1864

[Records include a request from Hempstead for cloth
from the State Penitentiary to clothe slaves for the winter; a
report from Governor Murrah to the House of Representatives on the
purchase of cotton by the state; a letter from Bastrop on the
manufacture of guns; an address by the governor to the House and
Senate on the arrest and detention of slaves under government
employ; letters from Grayson and Collin Counties requesting that
regiments be assigned to protect the counties from the depredations
of deserters and criminals; and a letter from Comptroller W.L.
Robards requesting a legislative remedy to the changing value of
treasury warrants.]

2014/022-495. Correspondence, November 14-24, 1864

[Records include a report from W.H. Hart on a
commission to provide aid to Texas soldiers in Arkansas; a message
from the governor to the House and Senate on the issuing of treasury
warrants; a letter from Brigadier General Slaughter on the need for
the Frontier Organization in certain counties; and a letter from
H.R. Latimer in Clarksville on furloughing the State Reserve
Corps.]

2014/022-496. Correspondence, November 25-30, 1864

[Records include a letter from Captain E.W. Taylor
in Houston on the need for more cloth for the troops; a letter from
General Smith on the designation of a day of prayer; a letter from
Brigadier General J.B. Robertson in Brenham on calling the Frontier
Organization onto the field in the event of an invasion of the
state; a letter from Brigadier General Slaughter on the need for the
Frontier Organization; and a report by Governor Murrah to the Senate
in reference to State Plan cotton.]

2014/022-497. Correspondence, December 1-13, 1864

[Records include a letter from Governor Murrah
inquiring after slaves for sale; a request for the use of slaves
owned by Texas citizens in order to build fortifications at
Galveston, Houston, Marshall, and other locations; a letter from the
State Penitentiary on the appropriation of cloth for counties in the
state; a letter from Brigadier General Throckmorton in reference to
the Frontier Organization; a letter from Major General Maxey
regarding the detention of slaves in the State Penitentiary; and a
letter from a salt maker in Jefferson County.]

2014/022-498. Correspondence, December 15-20, 1864

[Records include an address by Governor Murrah to
the Senate withholding approval of a bill; a letter from Louisiana
Governor Allen regarding the detention of slaves; a letter from Wise
County regarding a mass movement of citizens out of the area in
connection with a conspiracy to rob people of the county; a letter
from General Smith in reference to the Frontier Organization; and a
detailed letter from Brigadier General Throckmorton mentioning
treasury issue, the creation of a spy company for Indian Country, a
winter campaign north of the Red River, the need for ammunition,
information gleaned from a Kansas scout, and a kidnapping
case.]

2014/022-499. Correspondence, December 22-30, 1864

[Records include a letter from Colonel James E.
Harrison to Secretary of War James A. Seddon on employing an agent
to treat with the Creek and Comanche tribes; a letter from Brigadier
General Slaughter on posting a guard to protect the salt lake; a
letter from a citizen in Cherokee County on manufacturing in the
state, comparing activity in Louisiana to that in Texas; a letter
from Brigadier General McAdoo on the seizure of citizens' cattle by
Captain Mitchell in Burnet County; and a letter from George Howard
King at the Ordnance Works in Grimes County requesting timber and
penitentiary cloth.]

2014/022-4100. Correspondence, January 1-12, 1865

[Records include a circular by State Penitentiary
Agent Hendricks in reference to the provision of cloth to counties
for the use of soldiers' families; a letter from Major General Maxey
in appreciation of the passage of resolutions of thanks to the Ninth
Regiment of Texas Infantry; and letters from Comptroller Robards
regarding the funding of Confederate notes and funds for the support
of the Tonkawa tribe.]

2014/022-4101. Correspondence, January 13-19, 1865

[Records include a letter from Brigadier General
Throckmorton in reference to placing the Frontier Organization into
Confederate service; letters from E.R. Hord regarding funds for
interest payments on state bonds; a letter from A.W. Terrell on the
provision of clothing for his brigade; and a letter from the Collin
County court requesting the deposit of old issue money.]

2014/022-4102. Correspondence, January 20-25, 1865

[Records include documents relating to the creation
and incorporation of the Texas Paper Manufacturing Company; a letter
from B.H. Epperson asking for protection from the Confederate
impressment of cotton; a letter from the chief justice of Fannin
County concerning penitentiary cloth; a letter from Major General
Walker on possible attacks on Galveston and Houston; a letter from
D. Richardson of the Texas Paper Manufacturing Company on the
production of school books; a detailed report from Shreveport from
Colonel Guy M. Bryan; and a letter from Enrolling Officer J.W. Hale
on attempting to enroll a portion of Brigadier General
Throckmorton's troops.]

2014/022-4103. Correspondence, January 27-31, 1865

[Records include detailed reports from Shreveport
by Colonel Bryan; a circular from the Office of the Comptroller on
the distribution of penitentiary cloth; a letter from San Antonio on
the punishment of military offenses; and a letter from John Burke on
the legality of Confederate impressment of cargo exported by the
state.]

2014/022-4104. Correspondence, February 1-7, 1865

[Records include detailed reports from Shreveport
by Colonel Bryan; a letter from George H. Sweet at the offices of
the San Antonio Herald on behalf of druggists and physicians; and a
letter from Huntsville on the invention of a machine for
manufacturing cotton and wool cards.]

2014/022-4105. Correspondence, February 8-13, 1865

[Records include a circular from the office of
State Penitentiary Agent Hendricks on the distribution of cloth; a
detailed report from Shreveport by Colonel Bryan; a letter from
Major J.H. Brown in Fredericksburg on a future campaign against
Native Americans in the area; a letter from Major West on
conscription of the Frontier Organization; a letter from a camp near
Shreveport on the progress of the war; and a letter to Confederate
Treasury Agent Gray from General Smith on the Confederate
government's poor credit.]

2014/022-4106. Correspondence, February 15-18, 1865

[Records include a letter from Major West on the
contents of a private letter obtained by the Governor; a letter from
the chief justice of Coleman County regarding an incident with the
Kickapoo tribe; a letter from State Penitentiary Agent Hendricks
regarding his dispute with the comptroller over the distribution of
penitentiary cloth; a letter from a Confederate agent for the Creek
tribe regarding peace negotiations between the Confederate States
and numerous Native American tribes; resolutions drafted by a
company of soldiers posted on Galveston Island; and a letter from
Wood County in reference to difficulties building a works for the
production of wool and cotton goods.]

2014/022-4107. Correspondence, February 20-25, 1865

[Records include a letter from W.C. Walsh in
reference to the possibility of Union attacks from Kansas; a letter
from Chaplain Thomas Castleton on the use of the general fund by the
county courts; a letter from Confederate Treasury Agent Gray in
reference to the poor credit of the Confederate States; a letter
from Captain Adolphe Wolf in Shreveport in reference to
transportation purchased from the State of Texas; a detailed report
from Shreveport by Colonel Bryan; and a letter from Mount Enterprise
requesting a permit to sell cotton in western markets in order to
purchase medicine.]

2014/022-4108. Correspondence, February 27-28, 1865

[Records include a detailed report from Shreveport
by Colonel Bryan; a letter from Confederate President Jefferson
Davis regarding Governor Murrah's request to furlough the Texas
brigade in Northern Virginia, likely Hood's Texas Brigade; and a
letter from the Office of the Collector of Customs relaying an
exchange with Confederate Treasury Agent Gray regarding Confederate
regulations on private vessels carrying cargo for the
state.]

2014/022-4109. Correspondence, March 1-10, 1865

[Records include a letter from Governor Murrah
issuing state bonds in exchange for money to purchase guns and
artillery; a letter from Brigadier General Throckmorton asking to
give 20 guns to the Tonkawa tribe; a letter from Brigadier General
Throckmorton regarding payment of the accounts of a state agent; a
detailed report from Shreveport by Colonel Bryan; a request from
Colonel J.B. Robertson, commander of the State Reserve Corps, to
return men to their homes to protect their families; and a letter
from Comptroller Robards, requesting an account of the general
progress and transactions of the Military Board.]

2014/022-4110. Correspondence, March 11-21, 1865

[Records include a letter from Confederate Treasury
Agent Gray regarding Confederate regulations on private vessels
carrying cargo for the state; letters from Major General Walker and
Major Hunter in reference to charges of Major Hunter supplying
cattle to the Union in El Paso; a letter from General Smith
regarding a letter written by Major West; a letter from Brigadier
General Throckmorton on events in his district; a letter from
General Smith on the peaceful intentions of certain Native American
tribes; a letter from Waco on raising a company of scouts from the
frontier counties; a letter from several Texas railroad companies on
compensation for government use of railroads; and a letter from
Brenham on the success of newly invented carding
machines.]

2014/022-4111. Correspondence, March 22-31, 1865

[Records include letters recommending the
establishment of a state store and complaining of a lack of goods
for citizens; a letter from Houston discussing legal aspects of
Confederate regulations on private vessels carrying cargo for the
State; a letter from Captain John Garey to Brigadier General Boggs
in reference to transportation purchased from the state of Texas; a
letter from Major J.H. Brown regarding the desertion of a large
group of soldiers in Colonel McCord's regiment; and a letter in
reference to a meeting with presidents of Texas railroads regarding
compensation.]

2014/022-4112. Correspondence, April 1-8, 1865

[Records include a letter from Anderson County
regarding the destruction of an iron works; a letter from Indianola
in Calhoun County requesting relief for destitute soldiers'
families; a letter from Brigadier General Throckmorton in reference
to events involving Native Americans in his district; a letter from
Major General Magruder on organizing troops under the new Conscript
Law; a letter from General Smith regarding peace negotiations with
the Comanche tribe; and a letter from Governor Murrah addressing the
need for citizens in frontier counties to be permitted to sell their
cattle in Mexico.]

2014/022-4113. Correspondence, April 10-18, 1865

[Records include a letter from Major West on the
commission of Brigadier General Throckmorton to treat with the
Comanche tribe; a letter from Major Haynes of the Clothing Bureau in
reference to the manufacture of goods at the State Penitentiary; a
letter from E.R. Hord regarding the robbery of a state cotton agent;
and a letter from Guadalupe County urging the arming of slaves to
fight in the war.]

2014/022-4114. Correspondence, April 19-30, 1865

[Records include telegrams from General Smith and
Colonel Bryan requesting the governor's presence at a conference of
governors of the Trans-Mississippi Department in Marshall; a letter
from General Smith accepting the commission of Colonel Bryan as a
representative of Texas in the Trans-Mississippi Department; an
address by Governor Murrah to the citizens of Texas in response to
news of General Robert E. Lee's surrender in Virginia; and a letter
on the legal aspects of the state's right to export
cotton.]

2014/022-4115. Correspondence, May 1865

[Records include a petition from San Antonio
physicians and druggists to allow the importation of alcohol; a
letter by the governors of Louisiana, Missouri, Texas, and Arkansas
regarding the surrender of General Robert E. Lee; a letter from the
governor to Colonel Ashbel Smith and W.P. Ballinger in reference to
a trip to New Orleans to meet with Major General Canby; a letter
from a citizen urging peace with the United States; drafts of secret
instructions to prevent the invasion of Texas during negotiations
between General Smith and General Ulysses S. Grant; a letter from
Major General Canby on the state of the country; a letter from Major
General Magruder regarding the distribution of Confederate public
monies; and a special order by Major General Magruder giving
Governor Murrah control of Confederate-owned steamers in Texas
waters.]

2014/022-4116. Correspondence, undated

[Records include instructions on the transportation
of cotton to the Rio Grande for the state; a permit for the export
of cotton when an equal amount is sold to the state; a letter from
state agents in Wharton County on the exportation of cotton; a
letter on the appointment of commissioners; a letter from Williamson
County on the impressment of guns.]

2014/022-4117. Correspondence, undated

[Records include a template letter for the
appointment of state agents for the sale of state-owned
cotton.]

2014/022-4118. Correspondence, undated

[Records include a typescript copy of a message
from Governor Murrah to the Tenth Legislature.]

2014/022-4119. Correspondence, undated

[Records include a letter from Thomas J. Devine on
a meeting with General Smith regarding enforcement of the Conscript
Act.]

2014/022-5 Letterpress volumes, November 5, 1863-May 13,
1865:

[Letterpress volumes contain copies of outgoing
correspondence by Governor Pendleton Murrah. Each book contains an
index listing correspondents alphabetically. In some instances,
correspondence found in these volumes refers directly to incoming
correspondence elsewhere in the records. Frequent correspondents
include General E. Kirby Smith, Major General J.B. Magruder,
Secretary of State R.J. Townes, and Cotton Agent E.B. Nichols, as
well as numerous military officers, local and state government
officials, and citizens. These volumes mainly consist of letters,
but also contain messages from Governor Murrah to the Texas State
Senate and House of Representatives.]